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Just released, "My Dusty Road" from Rounder Records is Guthrie's songs recorded from mid-1940s.
They were found in a basement and thought destroyed, but through five years of "gentle restoration the dimly remembered stacks of metal would sound transcendent, instantly rendering obsolete decades of shoddily reproduced recordings released under Guthrie's name. Freed from nth-generation work tapes and speed-impaired reproductions, Guthrie's music shines anew."
"[On] a lot of the old tapes, he sounded like a chipmunk," says Nora Guthrie, Mr. Guthrie's daughter and director of the Woody Guthrie Archives. "I remember my father's voice very well. He had a very beautiful resonance in his tone. And I'm very happy and touched that the world is going to get to hear the voice that I remember." - WSJ 8/26/09
Xenakis´s sketch of the Diatope, a combination of sound and light effects in a pavilion he designed himself especially for this purpose (Paris/Bonn 1978-1979)
Victoria Meyers will speak at a three day Forum entitled "Xenakis: Past, Present, Future" to be held at NYU Polytechnic Brooklyn Campus on January 29, 30, 31, 2010. The forum is arranged by Carl Skelton and Sharon Kanach. The event will coincide with the Drawing Center's exhibition " Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary." To read the press release for the exhibition click here.
Victoria is a principal of hanrahan Meyers architects (hMa) who specialize in architecture that relates to the natural world through simulating natural processes. hMa's architectural projects include Ojai Festival Shell, depicted below, that feature natural processes including sound and light. The Ojai Festival Shell relates to Nature through hMa's studies in biomimicry and wave forms. For more information about hMa and biomimicry and design, visit the firm's website: www.hanrahanMeyers.com, or their architectural blog, www.blog.hanrahanMeyers.com.
hMa collaborates with artists, including sound artist, Michael Schumacher. hMa's sound collaborations lead to unique architectural solutions that incorporate sound and sound waves in unique ways. hMa's new Battery Park City Community Center, for example, will incorporate sound wave studies from Michael Schumacher, as well as a sound installation of Mr. Schumacher's work.
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hanrahan Meyers architects: Ojai Festival Shell: Musical Analysis
Iannis Xenakis: Composer Architect Visionary
Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary will explore the fundamental role of drawing in the work of Greek avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001). A leading figure in twentieth century music, Xenakis was trained as a civil engineer, then became an architect and developed revolutionary designs while working with Le Corbusier. Comprised of over 60 documents created between 1953 and 1984, this will be the first North American exhibition dedicated to Xenakis’s original works on paper. Included will be rarely-seen hand-rendered scores, architectural drawings, conceptual renderings, pre-compositional sketches, and graphic scores. Curated by Sharon Kanach and Carey Lovelace.
Artadia and the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
are pleased invite you to the ISCP Salon with presentations by Artadia Artists-in-Residence:
Santiago Cucullu
Angelina Gualdoni
Thursday, August 27, 2009, 6 pm
International Studio & Curatorial Program
1040 Metropolitan Avenue, 3rd Fl.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Limited seating available.
Registration required: rsvp@artadia.org
Directions:
Take L train to Grand Street.
Walk 3 blocks East, turn left on Morgan and 1 block North to Metropolitan. ISCP is on Metropolitan Ave. between Morgan and Vandervoort Ave.
Composite Beings
A night of expanded cinema
Gowanus Studio Space, 119 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY · August 17, 2009
Filmmaker Ben Russell & musician Joe Grimm (a.k.a. The Wind-Up Bird) perform "Mazes," a double 16mm projection that uses photo-sensitive electronics and film loops to produce a transcendent barrage of flickering white light and audio signals.
Grimm & Lauren Carter perform "Mirror Phases," an exchange of feedback and exercise in boundary loss.
Lichens performs a song cycle for one vocalist.
$5 donation | $3 drinks
Beer generously donated by Kelso.
Ben Russell is an itinerant media artist and curator. He has made films about Maroon tribes in Suriname, the divining powers of Richard Pryor, and the end of the world. He began the Magic Lantern screening series in Providence in 2003 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. He currently resides in Chicago.
Joe Grimm is a composer and performer based in Chicago. He has collaborated with Lucky Dragons, Glenn Branca, and Alvin Lucier, among others. His most recent record is Brain Cloud (Spekk).
Lauren Carter is a Chicago-based sculptor and installation artist. She works in sound, film, and video.
Lichens is Rob Lowe. His most recent record Omns (Kranky). He lives in Brooklyn.
Click below to watch the Liz Gerring Dance Company performance at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in Montauk last February.
Images from the performance can be found here.
View Diapason's new website at http://www.diapasongallery.org.
Diapason is a gallery in Brooklyn, NY, dedicated to the presentation of multi-channel sound installations. Diapason was founded by Michael J. Schumacher in 1996.
Victoria Meyers: Designing With Light
New York Architects Victoria Meyers and Thomas Hanrahan believe that architecture is an environment, 'pure space', manifested in nature. The principals of hanrahanMeyers architects (hMa) have established themselves as unique visionaries, incorporating light and sound into their arresting designs of pure forms. Founded in 1987, the firm specializes in residences, art centers, and community spaces. They design spaces from a vision that connects visitors with the natural world.
www.designingwithlight.us
Hanrahan + Meyers Architects: The Four States of Architecture (Architectural Monographs (Paper))
